Pittsburg vs Richmond

A side-by-side comparison of Pittsburg and Richmond: population, income, housing, and more.

Pittsburg and Richmond are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Richmond has the higher population (115,396 vs 75,868 in Pittsburg). Pittsburg has the higher median household income ($101,099 vs $90,038 in Richmond). Richmond has the higher median home value ($650,100 vs $583,100 in Pittsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Pittsburg	Richmond
Population	75,868	115,396
Median age	35.8 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$101,099	$90,038
Median home value	$583,100	$650,100
Median gross rent	$2,201	$1,895
Housing units	24,272	42,257
Homeownership rate	61.0%	52.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	32.5%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pittsburg	Richmond
Population	71,422 → 75,868 (+6.2%)	109,884 → 115,396 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$74,459 → $101,099 (+35.8%)	$68,472 → $90,038 (+31.5%)
Median home value	$386,200 → $583,100 (+51.0%)	$462,600 → $650,100 (+40.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,734 → $2,201 (+26.9%)	$1,509 → $1,895 (+25.6%)

Pittsburg

Population

71,42275,868

Median household income

$74,459$101,099

Median home value

$386,200$583,100

Median gross rent

$1,734$2,201

Richmond

Population

109,884115,396

Median household income

$68,472$90,038

Median home value

$462,600$650,100

Median gross rent

$1,509$1,895

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pittsburg	Richmond
Under 5	6.1%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.3%	16.1%
18 to 24	10.6%	9.2%
25 to 34	16.1%	15.3%
35 to 44	12.9%	14.4%
45 to 54	12.0%	13.0%
55 to 64	12.7%	12.0%
65 to 74	8.4%	9.6%
75 and over	5.0%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pittsburg	Richmond
White (non-Hispanic)	17.2%	16.8%
Black or African American	13.8%	16.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	18.4%	12.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.1%	0.4%
Some other race	1.1%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.3%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	43.9%	46.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pittsburg	Richmond
No high school diploma	19.9%	20.8%
High school graduate	25.7%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pittsburg	Richmond
Drove alone	70.2%	62.0%
Carpooled	12.6%	12.3%
Public transit	6.9%	9.6%
Walked	1.2%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.5%
Worked from home	7.9%	12.0%
Other means	1.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pittsburg	Richmond
1-unit, detached	68.4%	59.5%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	9.7%
20 or more units	10.0%	11.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Pittsburg	Richmond
Poverty rate	11.0%	13.6%
Average household size	3.20	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	38	35
Median year structure built	1982	1965